Isn't the reason for seniority for grads to ensure that the otherwise culturally barren crew-rooms are leavened with a few witty, charming, erudite chaps, and to reward them for all their sacrifices going through the hell of Uni?
Oh alright then, I appear to be talking bollocks again!
PS: Received this jolly fine spoof on the old computer:
"Your computer has just received an Irish virus.
Please delete all the files on your hard disk yourself and send this
message to everyone you know.
That'd be grand
Mind how you go now"